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Review
. 2023:101:127-139.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-14740-1_4.

Specification of Hsp70 Function by Hsp40 Co-chaperones

Douglas M Cyr  1 , Carlos H Ramos  2
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Review

Specification of Hsp70 Function by Hsp40 Co-chaperones

Douglas M Cyr et al. Subcell Biochem. 2023.

Abstract

Cellular homeostasis and stress survival requires maintenance of the proteome and suppression of proteotoxicity. Molecular chaperones promote cell survival through repair of misfolded proteins and cooperation with protein degradation machines to discard terminally damaged proteins. Hsp70 family members play an essential role in cellular protein metabolism by binding and releasing non-native proteins to facilitate protein folding, refolding, and degradation. Hsp40 (DnaJ-like proteins) family members are Hsp70 co-chaperones that determine the fate of Hsp70 clients by facilitating protein folding, assembly, and degradation. Hsp40s select substrates for Hsp70 via use of an intrinsic chaperone activity to bind non-native regions of proteins. During delivery of bound cargo Hsp40s employ a conserved J-domain to stimulate Hsp70 ATPase activity and thereby stabilize complexes between Hsp70 and non-native proteins. This review describes the mechanisms by which different Hsp40s use specialized sub-domains to direct clients of Hsp70 for triage between folding versus degradation.

Keywords: Hsp40; Hsp70; Molecular chaperone; Protein folding; Protein triage.

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